Sale 2471 - Printed & Manuscript African Americana, March 29, 2018

175 175 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of 21 press photographs of the Selma to Montgomery marches. Photographs, most 8 x 10 inches, a few smaller; most captioned in the print, most with Associated Press inked stamps on verso, most with other newspaper notes or inked stamps circa 1965, one with a newspaper clipping affixed on verso. Alabama, 1965 [700/1,000] These powerful images include an aerial view of protesters crossing the Pettus Bridge, confrontations between protesters and helmeted officers, a view from the Montgomery capitol steps as the marchers assembled, a map of the march in Selma, and more. 176 176 c   (CIVIL RIGHTS.) Group of press photos of the 1967 Detroit riots. 40 photo- graphs, mostly about 8 x 10 inches, a few smaller; various conditions, some browning and fading, a few with editing marks; San Francisco Examiner inked stamps and other markings on verso. Detroit, 1967 [600/900] The riots which shook Detroit in July 1967 were the most deadly of the period, leaving 43 dead.They were dramatized in the recent film Detroit.